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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1908
Page
2
Fragmentary newspaper masthead from the San Antonio Light era lists editors and publishing details. It shows managing editors A. G Munro and Shirley W. Johns, with notes on circulation and telephone lines, reflecting the production context of the paper.
The Light subscribers are urged to report changes of address or delivery irregularities to the official collectors. Pay money only to authorized collectors to avoid errors. Notify via telephone 176 for updates and ensure continued service.
Sincere friends of the San Antonio in Brownsville movement express fear San Antonio may sign a contract to join a line to the Rio Grande and Brownsville. Officials promise an independent San Antonio Brownsville railway with its own rails and strict penalties to prevent subsidiary links. Edwards in The Light confirms intent to build an independent line via the Rio Grande with safeguards. Also mentions pressure to secure terms and a murder trial reference and paving contract protections gaining public support.
A sharp public letter argues that hides will be placed on the free list benefiting shoe factories and harming consumers. The writer, addressing a congressman, urges prioritizing a square deal for the people while factories profit from the policy.
Clews, a financial expert, believes tariff revision would help legitimate business across sectors. He sees no unsettled effect from the agitation and expects reform driven by its friends with little broad business disruption. Even Carnegie’s statements largely failed to unite manufacturers or sway securities or merchandise markets.
The text argues for moderate tariff revision to avoid harming industry while lowering rates to aid importers and manufacturers. It supports free raw materials and critiques tariffs on art, urging freer foreign intercourse. References to Cardinal Gibbons and political figures reflect a call for restraint on divorces and harsh penalties, signaling broader social commentary.
A comic sketch on courtship and marriage asserts women dislike furr and prefer social display. It argues proposals seem sudden to women and that wealth breeds unhappiness. The piece jokes that husbands should avoid doing pleasures they enjoy after marrying, citing social norms and mischief.
A poem about Miss Prue Prisela Perkins leaving New England for the West. She writes defiance on a prairie stake, builds an isolated claim, and attracts admirers as ponies cluster near the Perkins ranch. The verse mixes playful satire with frontier imagery and social irony.
A fragmented history of notable dates and celestial data lists early modern figures, naval mentions, and star charts. It includes references to Walcote and Connecticut figures,Alexander I of Busata, and Wiothla of the United States torpedo ships. The text also records planetary motions, rising and setting times, visible constellations, bright stars, planets, and meteor activity for December nights.
This 1887 San Antonio snapshot notes December hospital patient totals, a Scotland cattle shipment to New York, a sociable at Rev. Giddisss residence, Trinity My E church, Alamo lodge officer nominations, November police arrests totaling 205, and local notes including a mammoth radish shipment from Mariposa ranch in Uvalde county. The San Antonio club elected officers for the coming year and H. P. Hughes of Missouri Pacific railroad was in town on business.
In a police court account, Alisson Morrison of Seguin describes a dispute near a Mexican circus on South Pecos Street. A butcher snapped, Morrison says, and a knife, invoked in defense, led to a costly altercation amid the ring.
The city posted 627 arrests in November per a report by Joe Braden, clerk of the corporation court. Fines by Judge Buckley in police court totaled 1640 dollars. The tally lists charges including disturbing the peace, assault, drunkenness, nuisance, public intoxication, vagrancy, carrying concealed weapons, murder, speeding, and miscellaneous, with cases appealed and transfers noted.
An old Fort Sam Houston ad promotes Ballard's Snow Liniment to relieve rheumatism and stiffness. It mentions a Fort Sam Houston quartermaster office, bid notices for fencing and stables, and Hidalgo County land development pushes with references to canals and new county seat construction.
A lively critique of theatrical realism asks how far stage conventions mirror real life. The author questions if modern drama can reconcile imagined standards with actual experiences, noting ornate props and dated props like the black shawl and women in peril. Mrs McRaney testifies to Foley's Kidney Remedy as relief after kidney and bladder troubles.
Mrs Louise Lewellyn of Powell South Dakota reports frequent sick headaches years long but avoided tablets until her son urged Dr Miles' Anti Pain Pills. She says the attack eased swiftly as the brain nerves at the base of the brain calmed and pain faded. If not satisfied, your druggist will refund your money.
Local fraternal and labor groups hold meetings tonight across multiple halls including Ban Antonig lodge No 1 and Union Labor Meetings at Trades Council hall in San Antonio. Tomorrow morning events include Sunset division No 197 and other organizations. a Washington Evening Star clipping adds travel commentary.
A sermon by Bishop Thomas J. Conaty of Los Angeles argues success comes from perseverance, learning from failures, and remaining determined. Difficulties discipline character and yield inner worth, with victory found in fidelity to purpose despite temptations.
Dr Edward J Goodwin president of Packer Institute Brooklyn argues for secondary trade and industrial education. He says current elementary and high school systems overemphasize memory and liberal arts while neglecting the needs of the growing class of wage earners and artisans. He cites New York State figures showing few enter unlearned professions and urges reform to support skilled labor and national industry.
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